How to programmatically set custom folder icon in GNOME?

Question

Because I know that a simple API call handles setting the custom folder icons in Windows, I looked for an API method to set custom folder icons in Linux.

But in this thread, I saw that there is no such a way. Also I learnt that each desktop environment has its own way to set custom folder icons. The way of KDE is clearly described there.

For GNOME I looked for a similar way; but no file is created when setting the folder's icon from the properties panel. I think there should be a registry-like file in somewhere in the user home or /etc.

I will be glad, if you kill my pain. Thanks.

Answer 1

Even if the user is working on GNOME (or KDE for that matter) there are a gazillion of file managers that he might be running (presenting folder in a different way each).

There is no way to have a "common" solution that works on ALL cases. A lot of Linux users enjoy this kind of variety/choice (and lack of central control).